Heartland Weekly – Pruitt Leading EPA Toward Greatness

Billy Aouste is the new media specialist for The Heartland Institute. He is responsible for many projects at Heartland, including producing and managing social media outreach; pitching op-eds to print and digital publications; producing Heartland's weekly email; editing Heartland’s blog, the Freedom Pub; and tracking Heartland experts’ media hits.

Aouste is a graduate from DePaul University with a BA in Political Science. While studying he participated in the Fund for American Studies program in Washington D.C. Prior to joining Heartland in 2015, he was a staff intern on Bruce Rauner’s successful Illinois gubernatorial campaign. Aouste resides in Hainseville, Illinois.

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E-Cig Policy Is Step In Right Direction
Jesse Hathaway, The Daily CallerThe American Cancer Society’s (ACS) new policy statement on e-cigarettes’ role in promoting smoking cessation is a welcome and long-overdue change

Pruitt Leading EPA Toward GreatnessTim Huelskamp and H. Sterling Burnett, The HillPruitt has served a full year as EPA administrator, and so far, so great when it comes to overturning wrong-headed Obama-era policies.

Two Minutes with TimTake two minutes of your day to listen to Heartland Institute President Tim Huelskamp discuss the rampant growth of fake news!

Podcast: Growth Out of ControlHost: Jesse Hathaway
Guest: Jonathan Bydlak
The president of the Coalition to Reduce Spending talks about Congress’ recent budget-busting spending deal and President Donald Trump’s new plan for infrastructure

Podcast: Low Energy PricesHost: Isaac Orr
Guest: Ross McKitrick
Energy prices need to come down to get U.S. manufacturing back on track. For this to occur, fossil fuels must be our major source of energy.

Constitutional SoundbitesHosts: Chris Talgo and Lindsey Stroud
Guest: David Shestokas
In this first episode of Constitutional Soundbites, David Shestokas discusses a chapter in his book that outlines how Congress is supposed to work.

Choice Makes Public Schools BetterTeresa Mull, Deseret NewsThe go-to mantra of many traditional government school advocates is that education-choice programs destroy neighborhood public schools is flawed.

Valuing Profits More Than RatepayersIsaac Orr, RedStateWE Energies closing of the Pleasant Prairie power plant in Wisconsin exposes a system rigged to enrich green energy cronies and punish rate-payers.

Flashes of FreedomCheck out Heartland’s sharp new video series that tackles our issues in about three minutes. This edition features a speech by Senior Fellow Fred Palmer on how coal is, in fact, green.

How Politicians Jack Up Medicare PricesDevon Herrick, TownhallEver wonder why the government cannot negotiate the price of Medicare drugs lower than private drug plans run by pharmacy benefit managers?

Meet the AML Bitcoin RevolutionPeter Ferrara, Investor’s Business DailyA new bitcoin 2.0 called “AML Bitcoin” looks to overcome the security flaws plaguing the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.

Patriot’s Toolbox at WI Legislature
Wisconsin state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout reads from The Heartland Institute’s latest book, The Patriot’s Toolbox, and laments how it is positively influencing the Wisconsin legislature. Get your copy here!

Help Us Stop Wikipedia’s Lies!
Have you visited Heartland’s Wikipedia page recently? The good news is that it is more complete than it was just a couple months ago, after leftists took it over and trashed it. Most of the new information is accurate and unbiased. But the lies and libel about our positions on smoking and climate change remain. Other conservative and free-market sites suffer, too. Wikipedia refuses to make many of the changes we request and deletes and reverses the changes made by others. We need your help! READ MORE